| [phylogenetic analysis indicates human origin of rotavirus and hepatitis a virus strains found in the drinking water of western colombia]. | quibdó, the capital of chocó province, is one of the poorest cities in colombia. enteric viruses such as rotavirus and hepatitis a virus was found to occur commonly in city drinking water and indicated poor water quality and high risk of becoming infected. the source of these viruses was unknown, but humans and cattle were suspect sources. | 2009 | 20128346 |
| viral hepatitis in colombia: a study of the "hepatitis of the sierra nevada de santa marta". | the prevalences of hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis delta virus and hepatitis a virus infections were studied in two regions of colombia. in bogota, 10 of 53 patients with acute hepatitis were hbsag positive and three of these were hepatitis d antigen positive. hepatitis a virus was the major cause of acute hepatitis in this group. in 366 healthy controls from bogota, 1.6% were hbsag positive and 7.1% had at least one marker of hbv infection. in northern colombia, individuals from three villag ... | 1985 | 3979961 |